EVALUTIONBy Josh Greenway

Genre A Sports-Comedy

Has to have the right balance of both the genres of Comedy and Sport

Researched Sports filming techniques (fast paced), comedies (close ups to show facial expressions) and Sports Comedies (Blades of Glory)

Forms & Conventions Uses:

Music to exaggerate a scene and situation

Slapstick sound effect Impressions/Stereotypes of

famous tennis players

Challenges: The use of fast-paced scenes The subject matter of Tennis

isn’t a common theme for comedies We had to make sure the film

appealed to comedy fans who may have little knowledge of tennis

YOU CANNOT

BE SERIOU

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Research Production company

research (Dreamworks/ RedHour)

Created a target audience questionnaire People believed

character comedy aimed at 16-25 year olds

Told us our ideas would actually appeal to an audience of our age

Keep the storyline simple and focus on the comedy

The Shooto The tester shoot

before the actual filming helped us a lot (Check-list)

o What went well:o A good range of

different types of shots

o Good/Clear sound quality

o Script plus a clear image of how each scene should look

Filming on locationat the Baseline Tennis

Centre

Zoom out to an over the shoulder shot

Improvements Time-keeping

Late for Baseline Tennis Centre Time goes fast when you’re filming

Lighting Had to use natural or indoor lighting Overcast at Great Bridgeford location Baseline Tennis Centre Lobby had bad lighting

ORIGINAL LIGHTING IMPROVED LIGHTING

The Edit Adobe Premiere

The first edit went over the time limit

Appropriate royalty-free music

Getting the right balance of tennis and comedy

New Technical Skills Learned: Colour correction Improvement on lighting with

Brightness settings Get all sound levels correct

BEFORE

BEFORE

AFTER

AFTER

The Final Result /Audience Feedback Achieved the goal of making people laugh

People said it very funny

They believed the use of shots created comedy effect

The music also added comedy effect

Improvements they suggested were a better use of titles The main title could have appeared on screen longer The credits could have also been on longer

Movie Poster Adobe Photoshop

Character Montage

Action-style poster following the convention of the comedy genre of exaggeration

Inspiration from the 1977 Star Wars Poster

The layout is clear providing enough information

If I could improve the poster I would have taken the photos of the cast in a proper studio with good lighting

Film Review Adobe Photoshop

Research from other movie review magazines

To give a range of review writing I suggested points where the film could have been improved

The review provides enough information about the plot, directors and the genre for the audience to decide whether to see it or not

If I were to do this review again I would have taken a photo whilst filming instead of making one from the photos used on the poster

Movie Trailer Adobe Premiere

Dramatic build up. The audience are expecting a tennis documentary

Trailer follows the fast-pace of the film

The first song suggests comedy whereas the second song follows the fast-paced feel

Only the basic plot is revealed in the trailer

The Blog Posterous.com

Show the process of the idea being created eventually into the final film

Shows all the planning before filming

Problems we faced along the way

People’s opinions whilst we were editing which helped us improve the film